Steph

English has many names which started out male but are mostly female now. Got this list from Wikipedia: Ashley, Beverly, Evelyn, Hilary, Jocelyn, Joyce, Kelly, Lynn, Meredith, Shannon, Shirley, Sidney, Vivian, and Whitney Supposedly all those were once masculine names but most of them sound completely feminine to my American ears.

Thanks for the Woolworth history and the Canadian information. I have fond memories of dime stores as a kid. Then I turned around and they were gone.

Stunner

Hello. I'll let someone else field that question. Just wanted to say hi.

These are not Cairo Novelties. These are a different era. I'd guess at least 20 years apart. 30 years apart is probably a better guess. Very interesting since it's a Canadian branch of Woolworth. Did five-and-dime stores last longer in Canada than they did here in America? .... were they called five-and-dimes in Canada? Anyway, Cairo Novelty marbles are from the 40's and they look like this: They were made in America. Cat's eyes from Asia were introduced in the 50's, first from Japan. Then Hong Kong. Then later Taiwan. Now China and probably other Asian countries. So I'll guess 1970's on your bag. But I'm not familiar with Canadian packaging and labeling.

yes!

Alox shoelaces .... many/most Alox shoelaces were made in America. This made in Japan version appears to have pictures of marbles on the label.

au·ber·gine ˈōbərˌZHēn/ noun BRITISH another term for eggplant. a dark purple color like that of eggplant. I recognized that I had most of that word in my Scrabble letters. The word seemed quite familiar in fact. And yet I had no clue what it meant. ... but now I do.

Hi Kestrel. Welcome. Thanks for the thread bump. That's a neat looking bag. Maybe Al will wander by and have some insights.

p.s., yes, that's a great pic!

Oooops! No preview? Oh, that could be a biggie. So ... was is it? Are you washing a rusty pan?

Has anyone sent the seller a gentle note about the name?

Oh my!! Need!

Piteous weeping?

Yellow is good! The agate is like ... a sun! Wish I had some insights to add about the limestone.

Yay! I don't think I have a ruby slipper. I need to start putting together a bucket list.

What is the issue with the pix? Any idea? Maybe it's something we can fix.

Heavens to Murgatroyd! http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/heavens-to-murgatroyd.html

That is so exciting. Thank you for sharing the news. And for preserving the history in such a living way.

I do get a foreign vibe from yours, Winnie.

Major improvement in the attachments. They post big now. So that will be good for visibility. Is bandwidth or storage an issue? I checked with my test account and I see that there is still a limit of around 420 kilobytes for ordinary member accounts. If they're not issues, then could we raise the cap? With today's cameras people come in with some pretty big images.

Here's an attachment. No more tiny thumbnails. !!!